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What is visual analytics? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Visual analytics combines automated analysis techniques with interactive visualisations to support de...	DSS Foundations	Jun 12, 2013
What is data visualization? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com According to a SAS White paper "one of the best ways to discern important relationships is through advanced...	DSS Foundations	Feb 19, 2016
How can simulation be used for decision support? Questions about using simulation for building a DSS are reasonably frequent in my Ask Dan! email. So this column has been in the works for some time, ...	Model-driven DSS	Aug 06, 2005
How can behavioral models be used for decision support? In the Ask Dan! of July 6, 2003 I discussed the question "How can simulation be used for decision support?" That column provided an overview...	Model-driven DSS	Aug 06, 2005
What is DSS 2.0? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Discontinuities and major technology change can result in improving and significantly altering the sc...	DSS Foundations	Jul 19, 2014
What are the answers to the DSS case study questions at DSSResources.COM? Recently Zam Zawari wrote "I need your guidelines on how to answer the questions in the case 'MeritCare Health System uses Simulation'". At ...	DSS Applications	Aug 16, 2005
Is ETL software needed to build a model-driven DSS? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM ETL refers to software used in the process of extracting data from a data source, transforming or alt...	Model-driven DSS	Apr 15, 2017
What are the features of a model-driven DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com This is the final column about features of computerized decision support systems. The focus is on mod...	Model-driven DSS	Aug 09, 2008
Can multi-user visual simulations provide real world decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com The computing technology for creating realistic visual simulations has improved tremendously in the past 20...	Evaluating DSS Projects	Aug 19, 2007
What can DSS designers learn from video games? Today, decision support systems use mature user interface technologies. Dashboards are not "new"; the smiley faces and sliders for user input are fa...	Building DSS	Feb 05, 2006
What should managers know about predictive analytics and model-driven decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Companies are implementing predictive analytics and quantitative models to assist managers. There remain ...	DSS Foundations	Aug 19, 2012
What is self-service business intelligence? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Managers and staff need access to data and decision support tools. Also, they need direct access to d...	DSS Foundations	Jun 15, 2018
What is a good replacement for models built using IFPS? On December 5, 2000, Hubert Deneault, Hydro-Quebec, wrote "First, I want to thank you for offering a service like DSSResources.com. It is very he...	Model-driven DSS	Aug 07, 2005
What is best practice for data visualization? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Visualizing data means that we can see relationships if they exist. A visualization is a short cut to un...	DSS Foundations	Dec 23, 2012
What are the best Second Life resources for communications-driven decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Second Life (secondlife.com) from Linden Labs is a powerful multi-user visual simulation. Since May 20, 200...	Communications-driven DSS	Aug 19, 2007
What is advanced or next generation Decision Support? The "bleeding edge" of technology development and DSS is often a costly swamp. Yet it can be very profitable to gain a "first mover&quo...	Evaluating DSS Projects	Aug 07, 2005
What is/was IFPS? IFPS is an acronym for interactive financial planning system. My friend Paul Gray is an expert on financial planning systems and IFPS, and what I know...	Model-driven DSS	Aug 07, 2005
Can surveillance data mislead decision-makers? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Data from electronic surveillance devices may be falsified or inaccurate. The presumption can be that ...	DSS Foundations	Jun 16, 2020
What is a DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com "What is a DSS?" is a fundamental question that many have addressed over the years. It seems appropriate to...	DSS Foundations	Mar 20, 2009
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using Second Life for decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Multi-user visual simulations are at the leading and bleeding edge for computerized decision support. The maj...	Model-driven DSS	Aug 19, 2007
Do small businesses need DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Today decision-making is more difficult for all managers including those in small businesses. On the positi...	DSS Foundations	Jan 10, 2010
What is a customer journey map? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Customer journey mapping creates a visual representation of what a typical customer is doing, feeling...	DSS Foundations	Feb 12, 2019
What are Analytical Information Systems? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Analytical Information Systems provide information, analysis and possibly recommendations. Henry Morri...	DSS Foundations	Dec 29, 2015
What are current trends in BI and Data Analytics? by Ciara Heavin and Daniel J. Power For the foreseeable future, Business Intelligence and data analytics technologies will continue as key enable...	DSS Foundations	Feb 18, 2017
What is Planners Lab? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Planners Lab is an innovative software product, a modern version of IFPS, a new tool for teaching student...	Model-driven DSS	Oct 22, 2006
What is reporting software? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Reports organize data to create information that can be shared with others. For example, a quarterly financi...	DSS Foundations	Jan 09, 2016
Who are the major vendors of Excel add-in programs for building model-driven DSS? In an attempt to provide a comprehensive answer to this question, I visited the web sites of vendors listed on the Spreadsheet-based DSS vendor page a...	Model-driven DSS	Aug 07, 2005
What is data exploration? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Explorers venture into the unknown. A modern data explorer wants to find evidence and answers from da...	DSS Foundations	Jul 16, 2018
What is the best data analytics approach? by Ciara Heavin and Daniel J. Power Selecting the most appropriate data analytics approach and tools for a specific task or project can be very c...	DSS Foundations	Sep 18, 2017
What vendors dominate the DSS product space? In terms of Ask Dan! email, questions about DSS software and DSS vendors ranks near the top. What DSS product is best? What is the largest DSS softwar...	Evaluating DSS Projects	Aug 07, 2005
How does a Web-based DSS differ from a Web-enabled DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com In 1998, I noted that “when vendors propose a Web-based DSS they are referring to a computerized system...	DSS Foundations	Aug 06, 2005
Can computerized decision support improve national security decision making? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM PERHAPS. The current review of options for exiting from Iraq demonstrates the complexity of national...	DSS Theory	May 01, 2007
What happened at DSSResources 2007-2010? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com The DSS Research Resources home page started during late summer 1995 as a way of organizing the vast amount...	DSS Foundations	Jan 03, 2011
What is a "performance" dashboard? A few days ago, I received a very nice promotional brochure from iViz Group (ivizgroup.com) about their "innovative Dashboard and Scorecard software...	Data-driven DSS	Feb 05, 2006
What are design elements in a DSS user interface? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com A design element is a discreet, identifiable component that appears in the user interface of computerized...	Building DSS	Feb 13, 2019
What factors indicate a special study is more appropriate than a DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Personal and organizational factors, cultural factors, decision factors, information factors and psycholog...	Building DSS	Dec 26, 2015
How does sensitivity analysis differ from "What if?" analysis? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM In the early days of decision support deployment, one of the major "selling points" of vendors and academ...	Model-driven DSS	Aug 30, 2014
What decisions are appropriate for model-driven DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Some decision problems occur across diverse businesses. Various approaches can be used to solve them depen...	Model-driven DSS	Dec 29, 2008
What is analytical processing? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Transforming data and summarizing it is a key task in many decision making situations. Once this task is co...	DSS Foundations	Feb 12, 2010
What was the DSS News in October 2000? by Daniel Power Volume 1, issue number 12 of DSS News was published October 9, 2000. Then as now DSS News was a bi-weekly publication of DSSResourc...	DSS Foundations	Oct 11, 2020
How is Six Sigma related to DSS? For some readers Six Sigma may seem totally unrelated to Decision Support Systems. Others may not be quite certain what exactly "Six Sigma" ...	DSS Applications	Aug 07, 2005
How can decision support aid smart manufacturing initiatives? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM, University of Northern Iowa, USA; Marzieh Khakifirooz, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan; Mahdi F...	DSS Foundations	Jun 13, 2018
Can DSS enhance sustainability efforts? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Sustainability is the capacity to endure. Computerized decision support can potentially help managers and i...	DSS Foundations	Jul 30, 2012
What is Alter's DSS taxonomy? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com In the mid-1970s, the first wave of computerized decision support systems (DSS) became practical. St...	DSS Foundations	Jun 18, 2018
What is a decision system? Daniel J. Power, Ciara Heavin, and Peter Keenan A decision system is a collection of information-processing components that interact to make deci...	DSS Foundations	Sep 02, 2018
What is the technology adoption curve? Is it relevant to DSS? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM The technology adoption curve (TAC) is a theory about how individuals and organizations behave in impl...	DSS Theory	Dec 31, 2019
How do collaboration tools support agile teams? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Agile philosophy emphasizes collaboration and communication among team members and with clients and other...	DSS Foundations	Sep 30, 2019
How has mobile computing technology evolved for decision support? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Information technology innovation occurs in a complex environment of evolving complementary capabilities....	Communications-driven DSS	Oct 24, 2012
What is big data analytics? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Big data analytics combines buzz words and is a buzz phrase. The basic idea of this new business jarg...	DSS Foundations	Jul 15, 2018
Who are the pioneers in the field of computerized decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com On April 7, 2007, we started a new feature at DSSResources.com called "Reflections of Decision Support Pi...	Building DSS	Nov 15, 2007

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